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- with stone-washed denim
- shorts. Sometimes he
- would blow kisses at the
- crowd or throw his shorts
- and shirts to spectators
- after victories. His stunts on the courts, as well as his television commercials, got him noticed right away. But AndreΓÇÖs play was not as cool
- as his look. After a promising start in 1986, he
- slumped badly. He got so upset about losing,
- he even thought of quitting tennis. Then, in
- 1987, he won his first tour title, and by yearΓÇÖs
- end had jumped from number 91 to number
- 25 in the world tennis rankings.
-
- In 1988, Andre won six tournaments and
- reached the finals in a seventh, lifting
- him to a number 4 ranking. Andre was
- only 18 years old ΓÇö the youngest
-